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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 26, 1944
Page
5
The piece notes British wartime rationing as a normal life fact. It cites weekly sugar and jam limits, four ounces of bacon and ham, six ounces of butter and margarine, and special child milk powers. It describes limited gas for cars and widespread acceptance as part of defeating the Nazis.
This ad offers pattern 7129 for two smart bags with heavy upholstery cord and instructions. It notes materials, stitches, and a 20 cent coin price sent to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Union, 175 McDermot Ave, Winnipeg Man. Include name address and pattern number. Mail delays possible.
A tiny African elephant brought to New York from the French Congo in 1905 is identified as a true pigmy, a previously unknown species. The discovery marks a surprising zoological development in an urban setting.
Egyptian calendar origins traced to 365 days with 12 months and five festival days. New Year began on the first of inundation, tied to Nile floods. No leap year caused drift. ROM museum notes three ceremonial glass flasks given as New Year gifts bearing Ptah and Sekhmet blessings.
A British information bulletin reports an 8,000 foot super factory raised near a Scottish city in four months before the war would have taken nine to twelve months. The site set up an integrated team of architects engineers and surveyors. bulk orders were placed early and queries settled promptly ensuring continuous work even in rain with tubular scaffold frames and tarpaulin coverings.
Three Canadian assault sappers in an engineer company man a roadside water point in France supplying hundreds of gallons daily. Spr Norman Brown of Trenton Ontario, Spr Allan Etchells of St Joseph Island Ontario, and Spr James Curran of Saint John New Brunswick take turns staffing the station after D Day. Water is pumped from a stream, filtered, purified, stored in canvas tanks and piped to calling trucks. The crew rotates every few days to rest from forward duties and mine laying.
A concise aphorism praising agriculture as the noblest pursuit for a diligent man. It frames farming as the key method by which people earn livelihoods, elevating the noble virtues of labor and prudence.
The Monsanto Chemical Company of St Louis announces shineless serge wrinkle proof suits and no wilt creases possible through new fibre treatment techniques. A deposit of submicroscopic grains of sand or silica prevents fibres from slipping from knitted positions without changing feel or texture.
The King received the Duke of Wellington in the Waterloo Chamber at Windsor Castle on the 129th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. The Duke presented a small silken Union Jack as annual rent for Strathfieldsaye estate in Berkshire, a gift tied to his victories. Trans Atlantic Daily Mail promotes War Savings Stamps.
The New York Times notes radio telephones have moved from wartime experimentation to becoming a mainstay for industry and home use. Radiophones aid railroads, aviation, and long distance trucking, with compact gear enabling several miles of talk. After the war, farms and highways may see widespread, real time communication.
Reenactment of the last spike driving completed Canada’s coast to coast railway and Confederation at Revelstoke British Columbia on Dominion Day. Col Edward Mallandine and Donald A. Smith joined the ceremony while Louis Davis aged 14 took his place in the official picture. Miss Olive Turmosa crowned Carnival Queen as W A Mather pins the Miss C P R ribbon. Revelstoke Kinsmen in beards staged the event to aid the Milk for Britain drive amid parades and dances.
Cecil W. Johnston retires as general passenger traffic manager of the Canadian National Railway after over five decades of service. Born 1879 at Actonvale Quebec he began in 1894 with Grand Trunk and rose to lead CN passenger traffic in 1930. He served in three wars guiding troop movements and chaired Canadian passenger committees, earning wide recognition in Canada and the United States.
Regions in Japan experience daily minor earthquakes with two to three light shocks common, as authorities monitor fault lines and warn residents to prepare for ongoing seismic activity.
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